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I am conflicted with regards to Mark Reynolds. He's a popular team member and capable of huge amounts of power. But the strikeouts and inability to get on base is just ghastly. He did everything that the team asked of him last year he just isn't the right player for big money.

I'm with the others and hopeful that Chris Davis gets a large sum of playing time to prove he can be at least an average 1B. However a year from now, I would hardly be shocked if neither of these two are part of the equation.

What I find most frustrating about him is that his problem is easily identified and not that difficult to fix. He just needs to adjust his approach at the plate so that he will take outside pitches to RF. When he was injure earlier in the season he commented that he HAD to do that because he was UNABLE to pull those pitches. His BA went UP. Then he healed, he was able to try to pull everything, and his average went DOWN.

The real question is will they be able to come to terms on a 2 or 3 year deal rather than have to pay him 8.9 million next year on top of the 500k they just gave to him. I think at this point it's either 2 or 3 year deal or Reynolds won't be on the team next year.

Swisher would be very productive here offensively. I happen to love Reynolds' glove but his inability to make contact really was a drag on the offense. I would not hand him a Werth type deal as rumored but if he got reasonable he would be a big upgrade over Reynolds.

birdwatcher55 wrote:Swisher would be very productive here offensively. I happen to love Reynolds' glove but his inability to make contact really was a drag on the offense. I would not hand him a Werth type deal as rumored but if he got reasonable he would be a big upgrade over Reynolds.

Perhaps you should make it your personal mission to convince Swisher to come here on a ONE YEAR contract. It might be an interesting winter.

OriolesRedskins28 wrote:If he would do that more often he would be SO much better. He has the power to do it too...

The difference between the Mark Reynolds that just had his option declined and the Mark Reynolds that could be an All Star is the simple acceptance of a reality that a blind person could see from the video and statistics. It's just SO damn frustrating to see him trying to pull a pitch that he SHOULD know by now he can't pull.